Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

"Then we'd better go early and come back early!" Otaki Goro became more and more uneasy as he thought about it.

Mouri Kogoro comforted him, "You don't have to worry too much. It's enough for us to leave the things to the police station and leave one person to wait for the test results. The other person can drive back immediately and within an hour." You can go back to the mansion..."

The flag has been set.

Twenty minutes later, the two people who arrived at the police station received news - an unexplained explosion occurred in a tunnel on the road. The tunnel collapsed and the only way to the mansion was blocked. They could not go back.

At the Yamanaka Residence, Hattori Heiji and Conan stayed in Tokura Sakuya's room, gathered around Ike Feichi, and waited for Ike Feichi to finish talking to Mouri Kogoro on the phone.

Ike Feichi heard what Kogoro Mouri said about the tunnel collapse. After hanging up the phone, he informed Hattori Heiji, Conan and Koshizu Nanatsuki of the situation.

"...Not only did the tunnel collapse, the woods also burned. The good news is that the fire is not big and should be controlled soon. The bad news is that the tunnel was severely damaged. We don’t know when the road will be restored." Clean up, teacher and the others can't come back now, and we can't get out. Officer Otaki has also called Butler Koga to tell them about these situations."

"At this time, the tunnel encounters unexplained explosions and landslides, and this is the only way out of here," Hattori Heiji frowned, "It's really worrying..."

This is probably because someone deliberately destroyed the road in order to trap the people in the mansion here, and at the same time, prevent the police from entering the mountain to investigate.

The other party was so generous, even using bombs, and directly blowing up the tunnel. It was definitely not just to scare people.

Next, maybe something big will happen...

There is no need to state these speculations. Chi Feichi, Koshisui Nanatsuki and Conan who were present can also think of them.

Conan's heart became heavy and he suggested aloud, "Anyway, let's go find other people to join up and see if the Torakura family has found Mr. Sakuya. In addition, I don't know about Sister Xiaolan and Sister Heye." Are you still in the kitchen?"

Hattori Heiji nodded and was about to walk towards the door when he suddenly thought of what Chi Feichi said before the explosion. He stopped again and asked curiously, "By the way, Brother Feichi, what did you do just now?" Let Conan and I walk from the coffin to the door?"

"Didn't you say that this room feels inconsistent?" Chi Feichi said calmly, "I already know what the problem is, and I want to confirm it again."

Mao Lilan, Yuan Shan and Ye were so frightened that they ran into the kitchen to look for garlic, and they also followed and took a look.

The detective duo composed of Hattori Heiji and Conan have already obtained a clue that will be used in the next murder case - not long ago, the owner of the mansion, Tokura Sakuya, bought a large refrigerator and locked it with a special lock, saying that it was for storage. He was looking at the precious meat ingredients that would be used for today’s dinner, but the chef didn’t know where the key was, and he didn’t use the ingredients in the dishes tonight.

Mr. Werewolf Hanekawa Johei should have just killed a person right now. The body has not been found yet, so this clue is not useful at the moment.

However, because they met the Torakura family's chef in the kitchen, the detective duo also learned from the chef the details of the murder of the Shimizu maid six months ago.

On the day when the maid Shimizu was killed, the owner of the mansion, Tokura Yuya, said that he wanted to drink the soup made by the chef after getting up, and ordered the chef to prepare the soup and send it to him at the right time, and asked him to get up.

Before Tokura Sakuya closed the Western-style coffin lid and went to sleep, the chef was waiting for instructions. At that time, Tokura Kakuya said that he felt that someone would lift the coffin lid recently to watch him sleep, and asked the chef to put something on the coffin lid. mark.

So, the chef waited for Torakura to close the coffin lid, then put three sesame seeds on the coffin lid, and then went to the kitchen to prepare soup.

At the time designated by Torakura Sakuya, the chef prepared the soup and brought it to Torakura Sakuya's room. Before waking Torakura Sakuya, he took a special look at the sesame seeds he placed on the coffin lid to make sure the sesame seeds were still there. at the previous location.

It seems that the coffin lid was not opened for a period of time after the chef left the room, and Tokura Sakiya should have been sleeping in the coffin.

When the police found the body of the Shimizu maid and launched an investigation, the chef's testimony proved that Torakura Sakuya had been sleeping in the room, which became Torakura Sakuya's alibi.

No matter how you look at it, this alibi has a kind of rigid trace. It can be completed completely under the leadership of Torakura Sakuya. At the same time, it also has loopholes: after lying in the coffin and closing the coffin, Torakura Sakuya disappeared from the sight of others. Among them, no one has been staring at Yin Cang Yami to sleep. Yin Cang Yami may not have opened the coffin lid, but if he has not opened the coffin lid, does it mean that he has never left the coffin? What if there is some mechanism in the coffin that can help people leave secretly?

Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji and Conan went back to Toakura Yoshiya's room, pushed the coffin away from the place, checked the floor under the coffin, but found no mechanism or suspicious traces on the floor.

Chi Feichi felt that the two detectives had enough clues. He wanted to push the progress of the investigation and asked Hattori Heiji to walk a few steps between the coffin and the door, but there was an explosion outside, which delayed the matter...

Hearing Chi Feichi say that he found the problem, Hattori Heiji quickly confirmed, "Really, really? Brother Feichi, do you already know the reason why this room looks so unharmonious?"

Chi Feichi took two steps back and gave way to Hattori Heiji's straight path to the door. "During dinner, I heard Miss Tokura Mina's scream. You and Conan were the first to get here. When I arrived at the door of the room, , you and Conan were already standing in front of the coffin, but when you left the room, I remember that you took five steps in total from the coffin to the door of the room, while Conan took eight steps, but you just entered the room. At that time, you took three steps from the door to the coffin, but Conan only took five steps."

Koshimizu Nanatsuki observed the distance from the door to the coffin, "In other words, when we came to this room twice, the coffin was moved, but it was actually not in the same position twice?"

Hattori Heiji quickly walked from the coffin to the door of the room, and then walked quickly from the door to the coffin. He said with excitement, "That should be it! Although I don't remember the last time I left the room, I walked from the coffin to the door. A few steps, but when I entered the room this time, I felt that the reason why the room had a sense of dissonance was indeed because the distance between the coffin and the door had become closer! Brother Fei Chi reminded me that if I look carefully, it is not just the distance between the coffin and the door. As we get closer, even the carpet next to the coffin seems to have grown longer, and the edge of the carpet is closer to the door!"

Conan also walked back and forth twice, and found that he only needed to walk five steps from the door to the coffin according to his normal walking habits. He was as excited as Hattori Heiji, "I feel the same! Because I need to walk only five steps." There are more than Brother Heiji. This time from the door to the coffin, I took three fewer steps than last time, so it feels more obvious than Brother Heiji!"

When the two of them entered and left the room last time, they were attracted by what Tosukura Minna said. They didn't pay special attention to the distance from the coffin to the door. Before they were reminded, they just vaguely felt that the room was a little different from the last time they came here. , after being reminded by Chi Feichi, you can confirm that Chi Feichi has indeed hit the mark by taking two steps.

"Then, the coffin should have been moved about two steps away from me, probably more than one meter..."

Hattori Heiji started from the coffin, walked two steps into the room, squatted down and pulled back the carpet, and saw a handle on the floor tile. He immediately took out a handkerchief and put it on his hand, pulled the handle on the floor tile and tried it. , pushed the entire floor tile away, revealing the secret passage below.

Then, Koshizui Nanatsuki also found a handle on the bottom of the Western coffin that could slide the bottom plate. Pulling the handle, the bottom iron plate of the Western coffin could be slid open. In addition, Koshimizu Nanatsuki also A hidden electronic magnet lock was found on the inside of the coffin lid.

Conan also discovered that there were signs of disconnection in the middle of the large carpet in the room. As long as the middle piece of carpet was removed and the carpets on the left and right sides were closed, the carpet would become shorter.

"It seems that someone took away the middle piece of the carpet before, so that the bottom of the coffin was pressed on top of the mechanism." Hattori Heiji squatted in front of the secret passage of the mechanism and turned to look at the Western coffin beside him, "That coffin The lid could not be fully opened. Miss Shina came over to ask Mr. Sakuya to eat. When she opened the coffin, she saw Mr. Sakiya who looked like a vampire lying in the coffin. If he was frightened, he would definitely let go and let the coffin lid close. After Miss Shina was frightened, someone locked the coffin with a remote control, opened the coffin and the secret passage mechanism, and used the secret passage to escape below. Of course, the other party may not be lying in the coffin, but just A scary prop was placed in the coffin to scare people. After Miss Shina was frightened, she immediately locked the coffin, opened the bottom of the coffin from the bottom of the secret passage, and recovered the scary prop..."

"Subsequently, the other party used a remote control to open the lock on the coffin lid, allowing us to open the coffin and see that there was nothing inside." Conan took over the words and analyzed seriously, "After we left, the other party came back again. When we get here, push the coffin away from the entrance of the secret passage, and then put the removed carpet back so that the carpet covers the entrance of the secret passage."

Koshizui Nanatsuki turned his head and looked outside the door to make sure there was no one outside, then lowered his voice and said, "It seems that Mr. Sakuya probably used this secret passage six months ago to open the coffin lid without opening it. He left the inside of the coffin and went to the forest to kill Miss Shimizu."

"Yes, he is very suspicious. We found this, which was enough for the police to take him to the police station to cooperate with the investigation." Hattori Heiji looked at the secret passage, estimated that his body shape could make it smooth, and put away the handkerchief , "I'll go down and take a look..."

"Let me go," Conan crouched at the entrance of the secret passage and looked down. "This secret passage is a bit narrow. It's not convenient for you to move in it. With my kid's size, even if I find there are traps or dangerous people down there after I go down, , and it’s easy to turn back, so you won’t get stuck or be attacked by others.”

This was reasonable and well-founded. The other three people were not polite to Conan. They simply said "pay attention to safety" and "return immediately if anything unusual happens." Hattori Heiji reached out and put Conan down along the secret passage. Let Conan silently appreciate Mao Lilan's kindness to children.

Of course, it was Conan himself who proposed the idea of ​​exploring the secret passage. Conan didn't have any resentment, but he just felt that the three detective friends were really big-hearted.

This secret passage is similar to a vertical water well, with a slight buffering slope. It is not long overall. Conan sat on the inside of the secret passage, held on to the edge and slid down a distance. He arrived at the exit of the secret passage and observed the secret passage. Tao about the situation outside and gave feedback——

Outside the secret passage exit is a room that looks like a normal storage room.